kesin tanıtırğa
/kesin tanɯtɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to make oneself known
Intended meaning
To show what one is made of by displaying one's courage and good human qualities.
- Tıŋılap qoysağız, kesinden qorqub etgen sunar. Allaylağa kesigizni tanıtıb tururğa kereksiz.If you just keep quiet, he will think you did it out of fear of him. With people like that you have to keep showing them what you are worth.
- Uğay, bılayda awub, ölüb qallıq esem da, kesimi bir tanıtmay qoymam, – dep, dağıda kesi kesine tawkel etdiredi."No — even if I drop here and die, I will not go without proving myself once," he says, steeling his own heart again.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 237